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It's been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, and unexploded bombs are still a threat

In the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, millions of unexploded bombs still litter Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. As a result, tens of thousands of civilians have died from them.

From WHYY’s The Pulse, Alan Yu reports on efforts to find and remove these unexploded bombs.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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